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From: robinb@merlin.bhpmrl.oz (Robin Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: How can a script determine machine type & OS?
Message-ID: <1361@merlin.bhpmrl.oz>
Date: 21 Dec 89 03:05:06 GMT
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From article <11360003@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>, by kosbab@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Bruce J. Kosbab):

> Use the "uname -a" command to get the information you need.  It gives
> the OS version, type (Sys V or BSD), and machine type.

This is a sys5.3 command only (/sys5.3/bin/uname) and on our system
it prints sys5.3 independant of the current ver setting.  I'd be
interested to know if anyone else has this proplem.

robin
robinb@merlin.bhpmrl.oz
BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories